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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. 'Halcyon Days' From The Three Elizabeths - Coates | |||
| 2. Ah, Alas You Salt Sea Gods - Farrant | |||
| 3. His Golden Locks - Dowland | |||
| 4. De La Court - Parsons | |||
| 5. The Queen's Goodnight - Robinson | |||
| 6. A Solfing Song - Tallis | |||
| 7. Fair Britain Isle - Byrd | |||
| 8. The Silver Swan - Gibbons | |||
| 9. Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes - Wilbye | |||
| 10. 'Poet' From The England Of Elizabeth - Vaughan Williams | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. 'Spring Time In Angus' From The Three Elizabeths - Coates | |||
| 2. Fantasia On British Sea Songs - Wood | |||
| 3. Derby Day - Farnon | |||
| 4. Spitfire Prelude And Fugue - Walton | |||
| 5. The Dambusters March - Coates | |||
| 6. 'Youth Of Britain' From The Three Elizabeths - Coates | |||
| 7. Coronation Te Deum - Walton | |||
| 8. I Was Glad - Parry | |||
| 9. A State Ball At Buckingham Palace - Haydn Wood | |||
| 10. State Occasion - Farnon | |||
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On this CD:
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(The) Three Elizabeths
Composed by Eric Coates
Performed by Royal Artillery Band
Conducted by Geoffrey Kingston
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Ah, alas, you salt-sea gods
Composed by Richard Farrant
Performed by Rose Consort of Viols
with Catherine King
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(The) First Book of Songs or Ayres
Composed by John Dowland
with Steven Rickards, Dorothy Linell
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De la Court
Composed by Robert I Parsons
Performed by Rose Consort of Viols
with Catherine King
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(The) Queenes Goodnight
Composed by Thomas Robinson
with Christopher Wilson
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Solfaing Song a 5
Composed by Thomas Tallis
Performed by Rose Consort of Viols
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Fair Britain Isle
Composed by William Byrd
Performed by Rose Consort of Viols, Red Byrd
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(The) Silver swan
Composed by Orlando Gibbons
Performed by Rose Consort of Viols, Red Byrd
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(The) Second Set of Madrigals
Composed by John Wilbye
Performed by Oxford Camerata
Conducted by Jeremy Summerly
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(The) England of Elizabeth
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by RTE Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Penny
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(The) Three Elizabeths
Composed by Eric Coates
Performed by Royal Artillery Band
Conducted by Geoffrey Kingston
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Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Composed by Sir Henry J Wood
Performed by Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Paul Daniel
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Derby Day
Composed by Robert Farnon
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Adrian Leaper
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Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Composed by William Walton
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Paul Daniel
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(The) Dam Busters
Composed by Eric Coates
Performed by Royal Artillery Band
Conducted by Geoffrey Kingston
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(The) Three Elizabeths
Composed by Eric Coates
Performed by Royal Artillery Band
Conducted by Geoffrey Kingston
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Coronation Te Deum
Composed by William Walton
Performed by Cambridge St John's College Choir
Conducted by Christopher Robinson
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I was glad
Composed by Hubert Parry
Performed by Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Paul Daniel
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London Cameos
Composed by Haydn Wood
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Adrian Leaper
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State Occasion
Composed by Robert Farnon
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Adrian Leaper
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Orb and Sceptre
Composed by William Walton
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Paul Daniel
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Three Elizabeths is a two-disc compilation of Naxos recordings and takes its title from an eponymous suite by Eric Coates composed in 1944 to celebrate the childhood, youth and monarchy of Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Naxos extends the title to include also the reigns of Elizabeth I and II emphasising the Coates connection by beginning each section with a movement from his suite. The brasses and tiddly-pom clarinets of Coates' Halcyon Days sit oddly with the pieces by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Dowland and others which make up the Virgin Queen's tribute. At least the performances are well chosen although the yokellish pronunciation of Elizabethan English in the Rose Consort contributions are a little too contrived.
The Three Elizabeths is a two-disc compilation of Naxos recordings and takes its title from an eponymous suite by Eric Coates composed in 1944 to celebrate the childhood, youth and monarchy of Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Naxos extends the title to include also the reigns of Elizabeth I and II emphasising the Coates connection by beginning each section with a movement from his suite. The brasses and tiddly-pom clarinets of Coates' Halcyon Days sit oddly with the pieces by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Dowland and others which make up the Virgin Queen's tribute. At least the performances are well chosen although the yokellish pronunciation of Elizabethan English in the Rose Consort contributions are a little too contrived.
The selection of pieces for the 20th-century Elizabeths depicts the stiff-upper-lip determination to enjoy life which the royals have maintained. This served them well in the war (cue Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue and Coates' Dambusters March) but has given them a reputation for shallowness in peace-time. Three of the composers featured here (Coates, Robert Farnon and Haydn Wood) are best known for their TV and radio themes. Indeed there seems to have been a conscious decision to avoid the challenging--Britten's Gloriana is not even included--in favour of the trite. The closest to profound the second disc comes is Walton's Te Deum which is taken from Naxos' superb CD of the choir of St John's Cambridge. The largest chunk of the recording is given to Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs which is the excusable opportunity for the audience to let off steam at the end of the Proms. Now you can make rude noises during the "Hornpipe" in the comfort of your own home. --Rick Jones
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